Chances for a sunny Opening Day could be improving

It's a month into Orioles spring training. The team's clubhouse at the Ed Smith Stadium complex is a little roomier after a couple of rounds of roster cuts. But projecting the Orioles' Opening Day roster still offers its share of questions. How will the rotation shake out? Who will be in the back of the bullpen? Who hits leadoff? Or cleanup, for that matter? Who opens the season on the disabled list? So with a little less than three weeks left until the Orioles fly north for their Opening Day contest with the Minnesota Twins at Camden Yards, here are our picks to fill the team's 25-man roster. — Eduardo A. Encina

Opening Day is a week away, and little has changed in AccuWeather's long-range forecast -- the Orioles could be meeting the Minnesota Twins under drizzly skies. But the outlook isn't unanimous.

Next Friday is still a few days outside the National Weather Service's forecasts, but AccuWeather is calling for a high of 61 with "a few showers" in the area. That's slightly less wet than the forecast looked 10 days out.

Weather Underground predicts a zero percent chance of precipitation and a high of 59. The Weather Channel, meanwhile, is also calling for clear skies, but it is predicting a high of 69 degrees.

So, odds of any rain delays look unlikely, but baseball fans may still want to plan on packing an orange poncho next Friday, just in case.